Description
Vietnamese Tofu with Tomato Sauce is a simple & easy side dish to serve with rice, ready in only 20 minutes with only a few accessible ingredients. It's an affordable meal to make!
Ingredients
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- 400g (14 oz.) firm tofu
- Oil for frying (~3 tbsp)
- 2 shallots (or 1 yellow onion)
- 3 tomatoes
- 60ml water
- 2 tbsp soy sauce (or GF soy sauce/tamari)
- 1 tsp sugar
- Salt and pepper
- Chopped scallions
- Sesame seeds
Instructions
- Cut the tofu into bite-sized pieces. Deep or shallow fry in oil until both sides are golden and crispy, then remove from heat.
- Thinly slice the shallot or yellow onion and cut the tomatoes into cubes.
- Back in the oil, add the minced shallot, and tomato cubes, and stir-fry until the tomato cubes are softened. Add in the water.
- Add in the fried tofu pieces, and season with soy sauce, sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Toss to combine.
- Remove from heat and transfer to a plate, top with green onion slices and sesame seeds.
- Serve with a bowl of warm rice.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Meal, Side Dish
- Method: stovetop, frying
- Cuisine: Vietnamese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 174 kcal
- Sugar: 4.3g
- Sodium: 470mg
- Fat: 12.3g
- Saturated Fat: 1.9g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 2.5g
- Protein: 10.2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg